SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPALITY 4 big leaps and 20 small steps Conceptual guidelines on sustainable spatial planning Methods and tools to integrate sustainability and energy matters into spatial planning, with a focus on heating and transport. Publications issued by the Swedish Energy Agency can be ordered or downloaded at www.energimyndigheten.se, or ordered by e-mailing
[email protected], or by fax: +46 8-505 933 99 © Swedish Energy Agency ET 2012:14 December 2011 Circulation: 100 copies Author: Ulf Ranhagen Editors: Jenny-Mariah Fagerlind, Mats Johan Lundström and Tobias Malmgren Graphic design: Granath EuroRSCG Printer: CM Gruppen AB Photographers: Ulf Ranhagen and Per Westergård Illustrations: Ylva Krantz English translation: Bugli Company 2 Contents About sustainable municipalities and urban planning 5 Notice to readers 7 1. Formulate the planning work 9 1. Application of a systematic and flexible approach 9 2. Form a cross-sectoral project organisation 9 3. Formulate a schedule and work plan including three planning rounds 10 4. Work in a workshop format – establish a forum for dialogue 11 2. Integrate sustainability issues into comprehensive planning 12 5. Develop a local interpretation of sustainability 12 6. Prepare an external and internal conditions analysis for selected planning area 14 7. Formulate goals and key issues concerning sustainable development 18 8. Develop future images (spatial scenarios) for the planning area 20 9. Evaluate future images from a sustainability perspective – ecologically, socially, economically and spatially 24 10. Develop, present and visualise a selected future image for the planning area 29 3. Integrate energy issues for heating and transport in comprehensive planning 30 11.